On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > Can you explain why HTPPS is so important in a tool ? It is external to > Wikidata and it adds complexity to that tool. Given that I expect featured > tools to just make an appearance, it probably excludes most tools.. I would > argue that the point here is to show what vibrant a tool ecosystem we have > ... > Thanks, > GerardM
There are many good reasons not to trust http, but the recent confirmation [1] that it was being actively exploited is a good one to start with. I don't want to go too chicken little [2] since most of us aren't going to be targeted, but I think we owe it to our users to protect them whenever we can. Especially when the marginal work on our end is trivial. Thanks for implementing that Magnus! [1] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/spyware-tools-allow-buyers-to-slip-malicious-code-into-youtube-videos-microsoft-pages/2014/08/15/31c5696c-249c-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_little _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list Wikidata-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
